Word: counterfuls
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Pointing to the work of Dr. S. Allen Counter Jr., director of the Harvard Foundation for Intercultural and Race Relations, Jewett said there is not a monolithic perspective on race relations...
Antismoking forces hope that new restrictions can counter some disturbing trends. After falling for decades, the percentage of Americans who smoke has leveled off at 25%, and the proportion of young people who pick up the habit is starting to rise again. An estimated 3,000 U.S. children begin smoking each day. Says Northeastern University law professor Richard Daynard, who hopes Congress and the FDA will join forces to reduce tobacco use: "No one wants to make people hooked on cigarettes suffer. We just want to make sure they are not followed by future generations...
...make points and counter-points based on reason; we can attack arguments by pointing out their fundamental fallacies, if they exist, or merely point out their greater ramifications. And when we get mad or frustrated, we can disengage or pull back, rather than personally attack our opponents...
...economy, the health industry. Besides the $10 million that the Health Insurance Association of America has spent on Harry and Louise, the AFL-CIO has budgeted $3 million on campaigns to support the Clinton plan. Meanwhile the Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association has allocated about $9 million for ads to counter any impression that they may be the bad guys...
...testicular cancer," he says. "I said, 'Sure Dad' and just put it on the counter...